Tanzu Toolkit for Visual Studio Remote Debugger Fails to Connect to Tanzu Application Service (TAS)

Products

• VMware Tanzu Application Service

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to use the Tanzu Toolkit for Visual Studio extension remote debugger to connect to a .NET application running on Tanzu Application Service (TAS), users encounter a connection failure. This occurs even when the user selects "Skip SSL validation" in the debug settings.

The error shown is "Unable to establish a connection with https://api.<sys-domain>"

 

Cause

This issue happens due to an assembly binding conflict when both Visual Studio 2022 and Visual Studio 2026 are installed.

Resolution

Install v1.1.1 of the Tanzu Toolkit for Visual Studio extension, which is available on the marketplace now.

Additional Information

https://github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-toolkit-for-visual-studio/issues/393